Afghanistan: Taliban takeover ‘could extend war on terror by 10 years.👇👇👇 I attended this informative webinar yesterday. You Tube video of discussion in the article; recommended listening. ⁦@Msmariablack⁩ ⁦@gesb2⁩ ⁦@patriottakes⁩ dailymaverick.co.za/article/…

Not a silly goose. This one knows to use the crosswalk.

It took 2.5 years of Jews being stabbed and rammed, synagogues firebombed, and countless acts of harassment and vandalism - Keir Starmer is now calling on police to prosecute people chanting “globalise the intifada” at demonstrations. bbc.com/news/articles/c78k1r…

The UK’s most senior police officer has warned that British Jews are facing their greatest ever threat thetimes.com/uk/crime/articl…

Hamas held an "election" in Gaza. The two candidates were Khalil al-Hayya and Khaled Mashaal. Both have held leadership roles in Hamas for decades. Both supported the October 7 attacks. Both have stolen millions of aid dollars from Palestinians. Both vow to annihilate Israel. Some choice.

"If the neighbors are Jewish, he should beat them up" A glimpse into children's television for Palestinians

"Is my family still alive?" The question that runs through our minds every time we hear about an attack on the Jewish community

Please RT! Shameful

Oh Derek. Here’s what you just proclaimed: “Thanks for making it impossible for anyone to walk peacefully through campus. Thanks for vandalizing campus property. Thanks for terrorizing your fellow students. Thanks for showing your support for terrorists”

Columbia University just added two more names to its commencement speaker wish list ⬇️

Save the date

2 May 1519. Leonardo da Vinci died (aged 67). He’s one of the greatest artists of all time. His best known artistic works were the Mona Lisa, the world’s most famous painting and The Last Supper, the most widely reproduced religious painting.

You need this. A weekend of history talks, including by your humble scribe. Hosted by @BBCHistoryMag & @warner_hotels , all the while staying in a country house. A few tickets are left for Nidd Hall (N Yorks), over 19-22 June.

RT @FXMC1957: 2 May 1945. Soviet Red Army captured Berlin to complete a comprehensive victory in the German-Soviet War which began on 22 Ju…

I’ve seen lots in the news today about the proposed decipherment of the Linear Elamite script from Iran. It’s an amazing achievement (although met with skepticism), but it’s not exactly brand new news - talks about Elamite’s decipherment have been around for some time now. 2022 paper and coverage below: orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/3… smithsonianmag.com/history/h…

2 May 1945: #Berlin surrenders to the Soviets during World War II. German General Helmuth Weidling accepts General Vasily Chuikov's unconditional surrender terms. Weidling is taken prisoner by the Soviets and sentenced to 25 yrs in prison. He died on Nov. 17, 1955 in Russia. #History #OTD #ad amzn.to/2KRV1zu

Berlin, 2 May 1945: photographer Yevgeny Khaldei (1917-97) snaps soldiers flying a Soviet flag from the Reichstag. This carefully planned image, which came to represent the defeat of Nazi Germany, used a giant banner that Khaldei prepared beforehand from 3 red tablecloths. Other soldiers had already raised smaller flags over 30 April-1 May from lower windows, but few were photographed & none well. Inspired by Joe Rosenthal's 23 Feb 45 flag-raising image on Iwo Jima, the Kremlin directed Khaldei to compose, take & edit an appropriate image with his Leica. Sgt Abdulkhakim Ismailov's looted 2nd watch was edited out & background smoke added. Accessible, it is now the site of the skyline restaurant. (3rd image is Khaldei atop the Brandenberg Gate).

Here is Yevgeny Khaldei's 2 May 1945 sequence of images atop the Berlin Reichstag. Note the various different compositions, & that only one has the smoke in the background, which was later added by Khaldei in Moscow.

History will view Trump as the primary accelerator of the end of US hegemony. His chaotic foreign policy has perfectly paved the way for the rise of China and a new multipolar reality. He is actively dismantling American global influence

You have to be completely delusional not to see how much worse the world is right now compared to before Trump. He has been a total disaster in every single way. The damage he has done globally is undeniable

In just over a year, Trump has made the US weaker, poorer, less respected, and dangerously overstretched. It will take decades to rebuild the standing he has completely destroyed